Chelan Washington USA-1939: Men Hunting and Loading Harvested Deer

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Year1939
Decade1930s
LocationChelan, Washington, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1939 Chelan Washington

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Men Hunting and Loading Harvested Deer — Clip Details

Vintage 8mm home movie footage from Chelan Washington USA in 1939 shows two men in red shirts and hats hunting in the woods. The men, wearing suspenders and work pants, are seen handling a harvested deer, loading it onto a wooden sled. The deer lies on the ground and on the sled, its antlers visible. The scene unfolds in a natural, wooded environment with green foliage and grass, captured with the characteristic grain and color palette of 1930s amateur film. The footage documents a hunting expedition and the processing of game, offering a glimpse into rural life and recreation from the era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 122610085

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1674 · 8mm · 5″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1939
Reel-level location note: mt washington,quebec
Date: 1939 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Chelan, Washington, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1930s rural recreation, hunting, and home-movie requests needing non-staged footage of men handling harvested game in Washington state.
Period detail: The red shirts, brimmed hats, suspenders, work pants, wooden sled, and 8mm color home-movie look support the 1939 rural outdoor setting in Chelan, Washington.
Home-movie behavior: The footage has a candid home-movie quality, observing the hunters as they move a deer rather than posing for a formal hunting portrait.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include two men in red outdoor clothing, a harvested antlered deer, a wooden sled or platform, rough ground, scattered logs, grass, and wooded surroundings.
Film character: The clip shows soft 8mm texture with grain, uneven exposure, muted color, handheld framing, and contact-print-like softness typical of late-1930s amateur film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, cutaway, or memory beat for hunting, rural leisure, food gathering, or outdoor life in the late 1930s.
Historical context: The scene documents recreational or subsistence hunting practice as seen in family-shot footage, with men preparing a harvested deer in a wooded area.
Research note: People are visible and the deer is dead, so likeness, sensitivity, and editorial context should be reviewed separately from any copyright assessment.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1939 8mm home movie deer hunting, Chelan Washington hunting footage, vintage hunters in red shirts, and rural woods game processing.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with same-reel Chelan material, then other 1939 Washington footage, then broader 1930s hunting, rural recreation, and outdoor work scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie frame showing a harvested antlered deer on a wooden sled with two hunters in red hats nearby. — A harvested deer lies on a wooden sled as two hunters stand at the edge of the frame.

A harvested antlered deer lies on grassy ground in the wooded Chelan, Washington setting documented by the 1939 home movie. — The deer is shown on the ground among grass, stones, and scattered wood.

Two hunters in red shirts and hats appear to lift or arrange a harvested deer beside a wooden sled in 1939 Chelan, Washington footage. — The hunters handle the deer near the sled, with the animal partly raised from the ground.

Two men in red hunting clothes stand beside a harvested deer near logs and a sled in the 1939 Chelan, Washington home-movie scene. — Two hunters stand over the deer as they continue handling it near the sled and logs.

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